The Starry Hosts: A Plea for the Habitation of the Planets
by Hamilton, Joseph
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh , Belfast: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.; Edinburgh: Andrew Elliott. Belfast: W. Mullan., 1875. Hardcover. Very Good. 22 cm x 14 cm viii - 114 pp . The contents clean and tight, with no inscriptions or marks. Publishers brown cloth binding with gilt title to upper cover and spine. The binding clean and tight with no splits or marks, rubbing to head of spine. Rare only 1 copy located in UK libraries at Oxford.
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- Bookseller
- Hereward Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003170
- Title
- The Starry Hosts: A Plea for the Habitation of the Planets
- Author
- Hamilton, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.; Edinburgh: Andrew Elliott. Belfast: W. Mullan.
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh , Belfast
- Date Published
- 1875
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...